Woodcraft II

[poliphilo]

All done.

They've chopped the fallen tree into brushwood and firewood and pushed the stump upright in the hope that it might "coppice"- meaning put out new growth. I've not come across "coppice" used as a verb in quite that sense before- but I like it- and if it isn't standard English it should be.

Comments

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

I see a transitive usage, but not intransitive. Too early to go squinting at a compact OED. Doesn't really matter, as last I checked English was still a living language.

On a related note, I bought a billhook, last year. Shockingly useful bit of kit, that is.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

You increase my suspicion that Matthew's use of the word is an innovation. No harm in that. In fact, I'm all for it!